Rye Off The Bat

In this episode of Rye off React, Chilli and I checked out this interesting story of a friend group. What if you have a friend who have sort of a disability; and asked you to do a group cosplay for a costume party?

I decided to put myself through this cringefest again, doing a translation of this after I shared and after speaking to some close ones who'd taken a peek; I decided to do an English version. I guess I had more fun doing this, as I'm commentary in hindsight and also how it felt for me back then. Commenting as a more mature person made me felt like... dammit, I really love myself really lit...

I guess I'd consider this part of my collective. It was one of the days where I was listing to emotional Chinese songs on repeat; and I decided to dig around... Only to find this :') It was a letter in Chinese that I'd wrote to this girl whom I'd loved and disappeared and probably changed me... for better (or worst). It was a can of worms that I'd never thought to open, but som...

In this episode of Rye off React, Chilli and I dive into this story as the sister was wondering if she'd been an asshole for kicking her sister out of her house. Understand that our family members is always our soft spot, but at what point do we be firm and have boundaries? Come find out! P.S. we may have digress quite abit in this one

What are we? Who are we? This is a question that I struggled with growing up. Are we always in the process of understanding and identifying ourselves? But what if people around you have a strong opinion on assumption on how you should be, how you should act; instead of who you really are?

What is princess syndrome to you? We were wondering if they were referring to what the Chinese called 公主病 (directly translated to princess illness), the desired to be treated like a princess. It was to our surprise that it was pretty... "literal", but the development of this story is very different from what we expect, come listen and find out!

Have you ever felt like a wallflower? I decided to share about this part of me; the person taking the backseat, observing, a writer, a narrator of sort telling stories, listening. Perhaps it's this persona that opened up difference doors for me, even though I'd never truly ever walked in one, but it'd given me a glimpse or a peak to the different worlds in this universe. And it's p...

We are back again with Rye off React with Chilli and in this episode, we explored the end of a relationship... what happens if you initiated a breakup and you were just meet with an "okay" before your partner block you? Is this enough for a closure? Or it was so quick that you didn't see it coming

Here's an update on life, and also how Rye off the Bat would be taking a slower pace from now. I'd been exhausted with a number of stuff; mostly my lawsuit, work, tackling my anxiety and depression while trying to function. I'd finally took the courage to set a date for my operation; that's probably also another story to tell. On the bright side, we are looking to get Rye off React...

It was a great show; my best medicine to depression and insomnia. I like how the laughing track made me feel less alone, though bittersweet, how each of the characters are charming in their own way. I'd say Howard's arc would be my favourite (might be an unpopular opinion), but being a timid person who was bullied made me felt somewhat relatable; especially being degraded often. It was not...

It was a night of drinking with my buddy on a Monday and I was reminiscing about the old times when these thoughts struck me. Oh, how I missed the old times and how naive we were, the seemingly perfect moment where I'd felt happiness... only at hind sight. But it sure didn't feel it that way then, pain is relative, and every day felt like a chore, being a student, schooling, being graded b...

Who would have known this unsuspecting HDB flat would be where I'd feel alive after seeing all the artworks. It kinda felt like a way the universe wake up the artist in me, the one who'd get excited gallery and museum hopping. And it made me want to do this episode, so I won't forget that today... I felt alive.

Midnight ramblings on why I always blame and hate myself. There are things we can control and there are things that we can’t; is this god complex when I feel I know what’s best? And I didn’t achieve it?

In this episode Rye off React, we came across this story to discuss. Some friendships are tough, especially when it is at the mercy of both party's mental health. It's hard to balance, but sometimes do we set ourselves on fire to keep others warm?

In this episode, I'm feeling alittle positive and productive as I'd been trying to switch things up. There's always a pocket of time available; especially timing in between our tasks, appointments or during commutes. Being aware of these times could also give us the chance to come up with mini-tasks that help us take tiny steps towards our goal, and these are 3 steps on how we can get...

In this interesting episode of Rye off React; Chilli and I dive into something alittle different. It's common for people to get a tattoo in a foreign language, what if the tattoo isn't what the person thinks it is, or worse, if the tattoo means something offensive? Would you tell your friend the true meaning of their ink?

It was until my therapist pointed this part out that made me more aware of my nervous laughter tendencies; yes, I laugh at inappropriate times. And it affected me throughout life... I didn't really know or have any explanation (or rather excuse), except to say that I usually use this to cope. It was until I realize it is a thing... and it isn't easy to share/let people around me understand...

Continuing from the episode from gifts, Chilli and I came across this story whereby the OP's husband didn't allow her to give a gift that to another guy at work. For context it's a gift that they received and they do regift things to others for things that they don't use. We also learnt what's a Keurig today.

Death. The hardest and trickiest topic to tackle. The inevitable; but something people would avoid. It's hard to lose your love ones, or to see people you love lose the ones closest to them. It hasn't been the brightest and the best year with death looming in recent times; and I figured it's time for me to talk about it... From my first experience with death to date, to how I stopped l...

In this episode of Rye off React, Chilli and I talked about gifts! It may differ in culture, but is it weird to buy something for a neighbour's pet? I don't want to make my neighbour felt any sort of obligation yet don't want to be weird as well. But wanted to do something for my neighbours cat; so what should I do? Come find out

Depression is really a strange thing to cope; when your friends ask you to seemingly "undepress" yourself. If only it is as easy as flicking a switch. This Chinese New Year period probably got me shagged out, and here I am... checking in

What if your parents deny you of a certain truth about your family tree and your family origin? Do you continue to find out or... just live with it? In this casual episode of Rye off React, Chilli and I tried to uncover this with the OP, until...

It was 4am in the morning and I was taking a walk out and I decided to go on a rambling… it’s been awhile since I’d recorded an episode so raw (outside). It was one of those days when I felt like everyday starts to feel like clockwork; putting blocks after block… and then what?

In this tricky episode, we dived into something that is not much talked about; smell. How do we tell someone if they smell? bad breath, body odour? It was tough to navigate but sometimes it could be something that put us in a very vulnerable state. So how should/do we go about it? Come find out!

In this episode of Rye off the Bat, I came back feeling alittle enlightened from my therapy after speaking with my psychologist and psychiatrist. To be honest, I always thought that medication would do the trick, like I would be okay after some pills; I genuinely felt this way because I felt that other than medication there was nothing else that could help me, not even myself. But apparently... th...